Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein

Astrophysicist Mario Livio explores the colossal errors committed by scientific greats, from chemist Linus Pauling's botched model of DNA, to Charles Darwin's failure to understand genetics - the very mechanism of natural selection. He profiles five great scientists - Einstein, Charles Darwin, Lord Kelvin, Linus Pauling and Fred Hoyle - each of whom made major discoveries and major mistakes.